Charge your electric cars at work
Learn more on how to set up electric car charging for your employees to use while they're at the office.
What is electric car office charging?
Office charging involves installing electric car chargers at workplaces like offices, car parks, factories, or warehouses. If you want to support your employees' switch to electric cars, it is important to consider setting up office charging. This is especially important for employees who may not have access to a charger at their home address.
This not only makes it more convenient for employees and visitors to charge their cars at work, but also encourages the adoption of electric vehicles.
Employees with electric cars may require different types of charging connections. It's crucial to set up a charging point that can work with a wide variety of vehicles. The typical choice for workplace installations is a wall-mounted Type 2 charger with 7kW of power.
This type is compatible with the majority of popular electric vehicle models and can fully charge a car in approximately 3-7 hours, depending on the model. Depending on budget and space considerations, some businesses might opt for a faster 22kW unit or even a rapid charger.
What are the benefits of office charging?
One third of your day is spent at work, providing the perfect opportunity to charge at the office. Offering EV chargers at work is a great employee benefit, and allows your business to reach its environmental goals.
Fantastic benefit for your team
Give your employees the flexibility to charge where it's most convenient for them.
Hit your sustainability goals
Reduce your team’s carbon emissions by encouraging the adoption of electric cars.
Future proof your workplace
You will be prepared for the future of mobility, and start to enjoy the benefits now.
The Electric Car Scheme partners with EVC and Connected Kerb
We've teamed up with EVC and Connected Kerb to make it simple for businesses to set up charging stations at their workplaces. These partners specialise in office charging and offer a variety of customised solutions. They can assist with advice, design, installation, funding, and even the operation and maintenance of workplace chargers, tailoring the approach to what suits you best.
Office charging solutions
Our office charging partners offer two unique funding options based on your needs. On both solutions, our partners provide full site management, which includes ongoing maintenance and management of the chargers. There is even the opportunity to generate additional revenue from your chargers.
Funded by the installer* -
zero cost to you
With funded solutions, our partners provide the office chargers and carry out the full installation process at zero cost to your business.
Infrastructure and charge points at no cost to your business
Warranty throughout the agreement
Installed in communal bays
End to end solution and management
Full site management
Funded by your business -
you own the chargers
In this solution, you can choose to invest in your business and you purchase and own the chargers for your office.
OZEV grant access
Multi-year warranty
Finance options are available
End to end solution and management
Full site management
We understand that features mentioned may seem unfamiliar. To make things clearer we suggest scheduling a consultation with one of our office charging partners below. This way, you can discuss the best options for your business and understand the differences offered by providers, before proceeding.
* Installer funded options are considered depending on your business setup, and is not guaranteed.
How does office charger installation work?
Consultation
A charging specialist will guide you through the best charging options for your office.
Site survey
The charging provider will conduct a site survey to understand power and availability for optimum charger locations.
Proposal
Your selected supplier will deliver an informative proposal for you to review before installation begins.
Funding options
You get to decide which funding options work best for you and your employees.
Installation
They will install your new chargers and then monitor, manage and maintain your charge points throughout the agreement.
Start your office charging journey now
We have reviewed the market and selected the best partners to support our clients with office charging solutions. You can register your interest with either partner through following the links below.
Frequently asked questions
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Great news! Office electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions can be tailored to fit the specific needs of businesses. Our trusted partners, EVC and Connected Kerb, excel in ensuring compatibility with both EVs and infrastructure. They also offer around-the-clock user support, available anytime and anywhere.
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Our partners offer various funding options, such as monthly subscription payments, outright purchase, revenue generation, and cost recovery models.
Additionally, there are external grants available. Through the Government’s Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS), businesses can receive grants to help cover the upfront costs of purchasing and installing charging points.
The grant contributes up to 75% of the costs or £350 per socket, with a maximum of 40 sockets per business, even if they are on different sites. In short, there are plenty of options to choose from!
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Our partners handle everything, including providing advice, designing, installing, securing funding, operating, and maintaining your commercial chargers. Their team of experts is here to support you at every step, ensuring a seamless experience.
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If your employees want a home charger, we can assist them with that. Even better, we can help them save between 30-60% on the cost by using salary sacrifice to finance their new charger installation. Find more information about home charging here: https://www.electriccarscheme.com/employees/charging-your-new-electric-car.
